Nike Nike was founded in 1964 by Philip Knight and Bill Bowerman. They started to design shoes that were lighter‚ better padded‚ and featured waffle like patterns in their rubber sole. At first not much commercial success. After that they started importing low cost‚ high quality running shoes out of Asian countries. A deal was made with Onitsuka to import these hoes to the US‚ there were sold under the brand name ‘Blue Ribbon Shoes’ (BRS). Their initial shipment were only 200 shoes. By 1964 BRS
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Management | ID: | FA12-MB-0021 | CHAPTER#: | 01 | Case Study Analysis of Nike: Question 1: What are the pros. Cons and risk associated with Nike`s core marketing strategy? Answer: Nike’s excellence marketing strategies are their energy to achieve their market goals. Nike believes the "pyramid influence" that the preferences of a small percentage of top athletes influence the product and brand choice. PROS OF NIKE’S CORE MARKETING STRATEGY: Nike put heavily proportion in their marketing strategies
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BRAND MANAGMENT Nike: Building a Global Brand Case analysis Ahmed Coucha 800090353 6/29/2011 Dr. Ibrahim Hegazy 2 How would you characterize Nike’s brand image and sources of brand equity in the U.S? Nike’s Brand image in the US: Brand image is the impression in the consumers’ mind of a brand’s total personality (real and imaginary qualities and shortcomings). It is set of feelings‚ emotions and experiences that are linked to the brand. While brand personality is the image the company wants
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Prior to the “Game Changing” proposal for global woman’s fitness where would you put Nike on the CSI chart? Why Prior to “Game Changing” initiative‚ I would categorize Nike as a scope-driven organization on the Complex Strategic Integration Chart. Generally‚ in a scope-driven strategy‚ resources are mobilized across business units to pursue major opportunities. Nike business strategy is centered on big events. Nike scope dimension indicates the magnitude to which pursuing a new business opportunity
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marketing strategy of Nike In recent decades‚ we have witnessed a high performance marketing of Nike which make its brand name is well-known all around the world. My belief is that Nike not only is a marketing-oriented company but also has used 3Ps out of 4Ps marketing mix model effectively‚ including product‚ place and promotion. Firstly‚ when it comes to product‚ Nike considers its wide range of products as its one of most important marketing tool. In the beginning‚ Nike only focused on running
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The Promise and Peril of Globalization: The case of Nike. Nike was started in 1964 as a sportswear company dealing with shoes‚ but later diversified to start the production of other sports wares such as clothes and balls and other sporting equipments. Nike has since become a household name and is present in all continents. Growth. Nike started by importing sporting shoes from cheaper producing countries‚ and selling them in the USA and thus providing the market with cheaper‚ quality products in
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Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation because she mistakenly used historical data to estimate the future cost of debt. Joanna calculated the cost of debt by taking the interest expense for 2001 and dividing it by the average debt balance. The cost of debt for Nike is the effective rate that it pays on its current debt‚ meaning the yield to maturity of bonds should be used to make an estimate instead of the average debt balance. Through the use of past data‚ the average balance of debt‚ the 4.3% before-tax cost
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NIKE ANALYSIS The Weight Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is the firm’s cost of capital. We can think of WACC as an average representing the expected return on all of the companies’ securities. It is an extremely important number for both corporations and usually financials advisors. Corporations use this number as a minimum for evaluating their capital projects or investments. So if for example the WACC of a firm is 10% and the return on investing in a project is 4.5%‚ then the company would not
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Mini Case: Nike’s Decision Nike‚ a U.S.-based company with a globally recognized brand name‚ manufactures athletic shoes in such Asian developing countries as China‚ Indonesia‚ and Vietnam using subcontractors‚ and sells the products in the U.S. and foreign markets. The company has no production facilities in the United States. In each of those Asian countries where Nike has production facilities‚ the rates of unemployment and underemployment are quite high. The wage rate is very low in those
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Nike Inc. Case Number 2 Nike Incorporated’s cost of capital is a vital element when addressing opportunities regarding top-line growth and operating performance. Weighted Average Costs of Capital (WACC) is an essential estimation that is needed in order to determine the amount of interest that will be paid for each additional dollar financed. This translates to be the minimum overall required rate of return that the firm will keep. We disagree with Johanna Cohen’s assessment of Nike due to two
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